Paul has been in practice since 1983, first in a large-firm context
(Wall Street, Montgomery Street, Tokyo) and later from a home-based
office in San Francisco. He is presently General Counsel for Ligandal, a
startup developing nanoparticle delivery systems for gene and drug
therapies. Earlier, he was General Counsel at Bulletproof Nutrition,
a fast-growing startup selling enhanced coffee, food supplements,
and personal improvement plans.

Paul earned his
Bachelor’s Degree in History, Anthropology, Romance Languages, and Asian Studies
at the University of California, Berkeley in 1979.
He earned his J.D. at the University of California, Berkeley – School of Law
in 1983.